Roger Stone wants a new trial

Roger Stone is set to be sentenced on Thursday; a winner is declared in Afghanistan's presidential election. Tonight's Sentences was written by Cameron Peters. TOP NEWS Roger Stone makes another play to avoid prison Getty Images - Trump confidant and longtime Republican operative Roger Stone is set to be sentenced in federal court on Thursday, but the saga of his case might not end there: Stone has made yet another request for a new trial. [[CNN / Katelyn Polantz](] - Stone was found guilty in November last year on all seven counts, including witness tampering and lying to Congress. Stone was indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller in relation to his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. [[ABC News / Ali Dukakis and Lucien Bruggeman](] - On Tuesday, President Trump called for a new trial for Stone. He has previously suggested he might pardon Stone, saying in a tweet that the original sentencing recommendation of seven to nine years in prison was a “miscarriage of justice.” [[Vox / Aaron Rupar](] - The same day, Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of several white-collar criminals, including former Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who tried to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat in 2008. [[Vox / Andrew Prokop](] - While Stone could face up to 50 years in prison, his sentence won’t start immediately: Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that she will first consider his most recent request for a new trial. [[Politico / Darren Samuelsohn and Josh Gerstein](] - Stone’s sentencing roiled the Justice Department last week after Attorney General William Barr intervened to reduce the sentencing recommendation. Three DOJ prosecutors quit the case in response, and a fourth resigned from the DOJ entirely. [[NBC News / Dartunorro Clark, Michael Kosnar, Dareh Gregorian and Tom Winter](] - Barr’s intervention in the case has elicited mass calls for his resignation: More than 2,000 former DOJ officials signed a letter to that effect over the weekend. [[New York magazine / Matt Steib](] The incumbent Afghan president won reelection, but his opponent is claiming victory too - Five months after a September presidential election, election officials announced on Tuesday that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani won a second five-year term by a razor-thin margin, avoiding a runoff election. [[NYT / Mujib Mashal and Najim Rahim](] - A rival, however, also declared victory Tuesday and accused Ghani of election fraud. Abdullah Abdullah was runner-up to Ghani in the country’s 2014 election and won about 40 percent of the vote in 2019. [[The Guardian / Emma Graham-Harrison](] - Ghani’s contested victory comes as US-Taliban negotiations for a “seven-day reduction in violence” continue as part of a broader peace deal. [[CNN / Ehsan Popalzai, Masoud Popalzai and Ivana Kottasová](] - The clash between Ghani and Abdullah has raised the specter of a political crisis in Afghanistan that could disrupt inter-Afghan peace talks subsequent to a US-Taliban deal. [[Reuters / Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Orooj Hakimi](] MISCELLANEOUS Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has qualified for Wednesday's Democratic debate in Las Vegas [[New York magazine / Adam K. Raymond](] - How Big Tech made surveillance go mainstream [[Washington Post / Drew Harwell](] - Climate change is causing warmer winters. Here’s what that looks like in seven regions around the country. [[NPR / Lauren Sommer, Mose Buchele, Molly Samuel, Patty Wight, Michael Elizabeth Sakas, Amy Mayer, and Nat Herz](] - Software isn't immune from racism or sexism. [[Recode / Rebecca Heilweil](] - Check out the danishes: Mike Bloomberg's extravagant campaign catering [[Eater / Gary He](] VERBATIM “For me even if there was a ceasefire and the regime is in control of the area and they said there would be reconciliation, I can't trust that. If you go back you can be detained and spend your life in jail or worse. … I would rather die than ever go back to the regime.” [[A Syrian refugee on the al-Assad regime / CNN](] LISTEN TO THIS [One coronavirus. Two cruise ships. Lots of mistakes.]( One coronavirus. Two cruise ships. Lots of mistakes. [[Spotify / Sean Rameswaram](] [Read more from Vox](#) [Jeff Bezos just made one of the largest charitable gifts ever]( [Ta-Nehisi Coates on why political power isn’t enough for the right]( [These 2 questions will determine if the coronavirus becomes a deadly pandemic]( [America’s monopoly problem, explained by your internet bill]( [6 myths about the history of Black people in America]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Manage your [email preferences](, or [unsubscribe]( to stop receiving all emails from Vox. View our [Privacy Policy]( and our [Terms of Service](. Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2020. All rights reserved.